Tutter's Neck. He married Elizabeth Meriwether 

 and by her had one child, a daughter named Eliza- 

 beth who married Col. Philip Johnson. 36 The 

 daughter died in 1765, and when her husband followed 

 her in 1760 "six hundred acres, with the appurte- 

 nances, called and known by the name of Tutty's 

 neck" were offered at auction. 37 It was presumably 

 at this time that the Tutter's Neck land was added to 

 the neighboring Kingsmill plantation of Lewis 

 Burwell. William Allen, of Surry County, purchased 

 Littletown in 1796, and in 1801 he added Kingsmill to 

 his holdings along, one supposes, with Tutter's Xeck; 

 for in the inventory made at Allen's death in 1832 the 

 latter property was listed as comprising 923 acres and 

 valued at $2,330.00. 3S 



As the archeological site under consideration was 

 not occupied beyond the colonial period, there is no 

 need to pursue its history through the 19th century. 

 It is enough to note that Tutter's Neck is included in 

 parcel no. 4 of the Kingsmill Tract now owned by 

 Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Part of this parcel is 

 leased to the Chesapeake Corporation through whose 

 courtesy excavation was made possible. 



Captain Roger Jones and 

 Frederick Jones 



The discovery of the Tutter's Neck site and its 

 artifacts associated with Frederick Jones arouses 

 interest in the man himself and his place in colonial 

 America. While those facets of his career directly 

 relating to Tutter's Neck have been outlined above, a 

 few additional facts may serve to round out our 

 picture of the man. 



In 1680 Capt. Roger Jones of London came to 

 Virginia with Lord Culpeper and was given the task 

 of suppressing piracy in Chesapeake Bay. His efforts 

 in this direction resulted in considerable personal 

 gain and he was able to amass extensive Virginia 

 property. Eventually Roger Jones' activities caused 

 so many complaints that he relinquished his office and 

 returned to London. In 1692 a letter of petition 

 from the Council of Virginia to the Earl of Notting- 

 ham, King William's principal Secretary of State, 



complained bitterly about the ravages by pirates 

 to ships carrying supplies to the colony and in particu- 

 lar about the conduct of Roger Jones. This petition, 

 signed by Francis Nicholson and others of the Council, 

 contained the following enlightening passage: 



■ ■ ■ Cap1 I ■ ■ some time an Inhabitant of this 



Country, but al presi nl residing in London. A man that, 

 from noething, pretends years to have gained a 



great Estate, & since he has declared his disaffection to y' 

 Ma» before his leaveing this Country, I ig to serve 



in any office, or take the usuall Oal 



leave to give you his true caracter. He came into this 

 Country a souldier under the L Culpeper; was by his 

 Ld J 'P made Captaine of a small sloope w* was to have been 

 furnished with twelve men, & was ordered to cruise in our 

 great Bay, to look out for & seize all unlawfull Trad" 

 &c. But y e Captaine having learnt to cheate y e King ven 

 early, never had above 8 men, altho he constantly received 

 pay for 12 men, for w'' y e Lord Culpeper endeavoured to 

 call him to Acct., as well as for his adviseing, trading with 

 & sheltering severall Pyrates & unlawfull Traders, instead 

 of doeing his duty in seizing them. By which means ye sd. 

 Jones laid ye foundation of his p'sent great Estate, as he 

 gives out he is master of." 39 



In 1701 Roger Jones died in Stepney, London, and 

 was buried at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the home 

 of his wife Dorothy (nee Walker) by whom he had 

 two sons. The elder son, Frederick, inherited the 

 larger share of the estate, 40 and both he and his 

 brother Thomas arrived in Virginia in 1702. Thomas 

 remained in the colony throughout his life, but, as 

 already shown, Frederick decided that North Carolina 

 was more to his liking. In about 1708 Frederick 

 disposed of most of his Virginia holdings and moved 

 south, taking with him at least two Negro slaves and 

 his wife Jane, whom he had married while in 

 Williamsburg. 41 



There is no doubt that Frederick Jones prospered 

 in North Carolina, and in 1717 he was appointed 

 Chief Justice for the colony, 42 replacing the previous 

 Secretary and Chief Justice, Tobias Knight, who had 

 resigned in disgrace. The latter had made 

 mistake of being too open an accomplici nil 



"Blackbeard" Teach, the pirate. There is reason to 



36 "Bray Family," pp. 266-267. 



37 Hening, Statutes at Large, vol. 8 (Richmond, 182 1 ), pp. 460- 

 464. 



38 Inventory of William Allen, in Surry County Wills, no. 6. 

 1830-1834, pp. 341-344. 



alendar of Virginia I. 1, p. 39. 



"> The will of Rogei I s is preserved in the Public Records 



Office in London, hut it is published in full in L. H. Jones, 

 Captain Robe) 



" L. H. Jo 



*- Dili , '•Eighteenth Century New Hern," p. 18. 



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